Aplicación de los impuestos saludables que trajeron la reforma tributaria de Gustavo Petro

Abstract

Throughout the last decades, healthy taxes are a proposal that has been developed by different health promoting organizations, such as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization (WHO), Activists and experts on the subject, providing technical advice and scientific evidence to support these proposals. In Colombia, with the arrival of Gustavo Petro to the presidency, a Colombian politician who has been a defender of the implementation of healthy taxes, during his presidential campaign in 2018 with the application of taxes to sugary drinks and processed foods with a high content of saturated fat and sodium. Petro argues that these taxes can help fight chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cancer. In addition, he argues that these taxes can generate tax revenue that can be used to finance public health programs.